Door-stop.



LE GRAND PARISH & R. B. KENDIG.

DOOR STOP.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 20, 1908.

926,595. Patented June 29, 1909.

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Patented June 29, 1909.

DOOR STOP.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 26, 1908.

LE GRAND PARISH & R. B. KENDIG.

LE GRAND PARISH AND ROSOOE B. KENDIG, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

DOOR-STOP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 29, 1909.

Application filed May 26, 1908. Serial No. 435,165.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, LE GRAND PARISH and Roscoe B. KENDIG, of Cleveland; in the'" The principal object ofthis invention is.

the provlsion of a stop device of the character specified, which will be more durable than those heretofore commonly employed, and which will act as a more secure and ri id stop for the door than the common woo( en stop ordinarily employed, and which'further may be readily detached from the car when access is had to the interior thereof, but cannot be readily detached from the outside when the door is closed.

Another object of the invention has reference to the provision of a stop of this character which can be very easily applied to cars which are already in service and thus obtain the advantages 'of the im roveincnt, without seriously interfering wit the operation of the cars, or requiring very much ex ense.

'Ihe above, as well as such other o jects as may hereinafter appear, we attain by means of the construction which we have illustrated in preferred form in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 shows in side elevation a view of our improved stop-in position at the side of the car door;

Figure 2 is an enlarged view of the major portion of the stop device proper;

Figure 3 is another view of the device, showing in one ortion in section an arran ement where y the securing bolts are hel in place;

' Figure 4 is a sectional view on the line IV-IV of Figure 2, and

Figure 5 is a sectional view indicating the construction of lock device which we refer to use in connection with this improve door stop.

Referring more articularl now .to Figures 2 and 3, it wil be seen t at in carryin out ourinvention, We provide first a metal i body portion 6 having a projecting bracket or part 7 provided with an o ening 8 for the insertion of an attaching bo t, and another lprojecting part 9 shown more plainly craps in Figure 4, adapted to guide the 4 oor into place when it is closed. As clearly indicated in Figure 4, the body portion is formed of a hollow shell 10 preferably rectangular and of metal, and 18 arranged at each end-as shown in Figures 2 and 3, to receive the adjacent ends of the wooden stops 1] which are secured to the intcrinediate portion of the stop 6, by means of suitable bolts such as are indicated at 12, and extend preferably to the upper and lowcr edges of the door, as indicated in Figure 1, such wooden sto being substantially similar to the stops on ina ly employed which oxtend the full length'of the side of the door, but which in case our iin rovement is applied on a car provided wit 1 the old wooden stop, will be cut at a point intermediate the enc s to allow the insertion of such improved form of stop device. I

In order to secure the stop to the door post 13, we provide slotted notches 14 (see Fi ures 2 and 3) into which are inserted the bolts 15 "that pass through the post and are secured by nuts 16 upon the interior of the L car, the heads 17 of the bolts being kept from turning by the flanges 18 indicated 1n Figure 4, and the bolt heads abutting on the top thereof against a rib or projection 19 as also indicated in said Figure 4'.

In practice we prefer to arrange the slotted openings in which the bolts 15 are secured, so that as indicated in Figure 2, at least two of them are opposite each otherthus for example 14 and the slot marked 20 extend in opposite directions so that the bolts engaging said slotted openings will have to be put in place before the stop device is attached to the car, and the said bolts then after being in serted through the openings in the door post can not inany manner be taken out from the outside of the car, but only taken out all together by takin the whole stop off the side ofthe car after tahing oil the nuts 16 on the inner ends of the bolts, inside the car.

In the construction shown we have indicated three such slotted openings, the third one being marked 14.

In the-preferred construction of our improvement we provide the metal body portion of the stop with a rojec'tion 21 to which is pivoted a locking evice 22 adapted to engage a hasp or other securing mechanism, and extending downward when in locked position, through a projection 23, with a slot provided in the member 22 whereby, as indicated at 24, a car seal may be readily employed. It is obvious that other lockingineans may be substituted for the one described, if desired, however, and in the described contemplation of our invention we do not desire to be restricted to the precise locking which may be used. Neither is it essential that the locking device be cast integral with the door stop, as it may be secured to it by rivets or other suitable means.

As heretofore most commonly constructed, the stops employed in devices of this character have been made of wood and bolted to the car body at the edge of the door opening, the bolts passing through the stops. These stops have proven generally unsatisfactory, as the wood in many cases becomes splitby reason of the impact of the door, due to careless or too vigorous closing, and in other instances the bolts holding the stop become bent backwards so'that a tight fit between the door and the stop becomes impossible. Again trouble is often experienced in the use of wood stops, by the warping of the wood or the enlargement of the bolt holes, due to shrinkage, allowing the stop to become loose and ineffective in securing the desired tightness of the joint between the door and the stop.

The provision of the bracket or projection 7 formed integral with the body portion of the stop insures much more stable bracing against impact of the door, and effectively resists the tendency of the stop to turn backward. Obviously a plurality of such braces could be used if desired.

heads locked within the body portion and inaccessible from the outside of the cal" to which the stop is attached.

2. A stop for car doors comprising a metal portion provided with engaging bolt-s having their heads locked within the body portion and inaccessible from the outside of the car, fastening means for the door upon the metal portion, and a brace or strut upon the metal portionfor supporting. the stop.

3.. A stop for car doors comprising a main or body portion of metal and a supplemental wood portion, said body portion being provided with fastening means for the-door and with engaging bolts having their heads locked within the body portion and inaccessible from the outside of the car to which the stop is attached. I i

4. The combination with a car door provided with a fastening member, of a stop comprising a body portion of metalprovided with means for cooperating with the fastening means on the door and with a rearwardly projecting metal strut or bracket, and a supplemental wood portion.

In testimony whereof we have hereunder signed our names in the presence of thetwo subscribed witnesses.

LE GRAND PARISH.

I ROSCOE B. KENDIG.

Witnesses:

H. B. SLAYBAUGH, A. MA arm. 

